Cyber Investigation Specialization

An Optional Specialization for Criminal Justice Majors

Criminal justice professionals must be constantly aware of a legal landscape that can change at any moment and must be sufficiently trained to apply the correct rules when collecting digital evidence to ensure its admissibility in a court trial.

Cyber Investigation Specialists are extremely valuable to employers who face challenges in keeping up with increasingly technological crimes. The best career opportunities will go to the most highly-trained professionals in the collection and management of digital forensics used in prosecuting cyber criminals. This specialization will help you to:

gain awareness of codes of conduct both explicit and implicit in the rules for searching and seizing digital evidence;

find and collect evidence on many digital devices, including but not limited to computers, mobile devices, removable media, and game consoles, among others;